Trump says U.S. carried out 'minor strikes' on Iran after missiles hit Qeshm Island

President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that the U.S. carried out "minor strikes" on Iran. His comments came amid reports that two missiles hit Qeshm Island, near the Strait of Hormuz ¹.

Iran's Tasnim news agency reported the missile strikes on Friday, according to Reuters. Tasnim said there was no official information on damage ¹.

What Trump said

Trump spoke Friday evening after landing in West Palm Beach, Florida. He did not address Qeshm Island directly. "I don't want to talk about it," he said ¹.

We do minor strikes, but they knock out. They built a little bit of an anti-aircraft device, and we knocked it out in about 15 minutes, maybe five.

Trump did not explicitly say he was referring to the reported strikes on Qeshm ¹. The island sits off Iran's southern coast. The Strait of Hormuz is a vital route for oil and gas, and it has become a flashpoint in the war ¹.

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The strikes are the first since Tuesday's midterm elections. Analysts and regional officials had debated whether the vote would push Trump toward more escalation or renewed diplomacy ¹.

A second strike on the same island

The U.S. also struck the same island Monday. A U.S. official told MS Now it was a "defensive measure" ¹.

In an interview about that strike, Trump said Iran had built an anti-aircraft facility over about two months. "We watched it get built," he said, according to Gulf News. The outlet reported that he described the operation as a "limited military action" and not a return to full-scale war ².

U.S. officials called Monday's strikes defensive. They said Iran had fired surface-to-air missiles at American military assets, according to Gulf News ².

Talks still uncertain

Trump also said Friday that Iran wants "to make a deal very badly." He claimed Iran has 300% inflation. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast an average 78.6% rise in Iranian consumer prices in 2026, in a report published Oct. 13 ¹.

Asked whether he wanted a deal soon, Trump said the war had lasted seven months, but the U.S. "probably fought for three or four weeks, really fought" ¹.

Iran says it wants more than "paper commitments" from the U.S. before a new phase of talks ¹. Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, spoke to state broadcaster IRIB on Friday ¹.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said diplomacy remains possible and that neither side would benefit from renewed war, Gulf News reported ². Qatar says it is passing proposals between the two sides and hopes for an interim agreement ².

What happens next

The U.S. has not publicly detailed Friday's reported strikes, and Iran has not reported damage ¹. Whether talks resume or fighting grows will likely depend on what steps each side takes in the coming days.

That matters because Trump is describing a war that has run seven months as one with "nobody getting hurt, nobody getting killed" ¹. Strikes continuing after the election, and after Trump's own talk of a deal, leave Americans without a clear picture of the war's end.

The Record

1. Oct 13, 2026The IMF forecast Iran's consumer prices would rise an average 78.6% in 2026 ¹.
2. Nov 2, 2026The U.S. struck Qeshm Island in what an official called a 'defensive measure' ¹.
3. Nov 3, 2026Midterm elections held; the strikes on Qeshm were reported to be the first since then on Friday ¹.
4. Nov 6, 2026Trump said the U.S. carried out 'minor strikes' after reports that two missiles hit Qeshm Island ¹.

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1. CNBC, “Trump says U.S. carried out 'minor strikes' on Iran as missiles hit Qeshm Island” (2026-11-07). cnbc.com/2026/11/07/trump-us-minor-strikes-iran-qeshm-island
2. Gulf News, “Trump confirms US strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island: 'We watched it get built — then we hit it'” (2026-11-04). gulfnews.com/world/mena/trump-confirms-us-strikes-on-irans-q

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